Richfield is a medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 36,491 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Richfield is the 26th largest community in Minnesota.Richfield is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Richfield is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Richfield who work in management occupations (12.40%), office and administrative support (9.59%), and business and financial occupations (9.38%). Also of interest is that Richfield has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Richfield telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 18.71% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The citizens of Richfield are among the most well-educated in the nation: 43.66% of adults in Richfield have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Richfield in 2022 was $47,856, which is wealthy relative to Minnesota, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $191,424 for a family of four. However, Richfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Richfield is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Richfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Richfield residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Richfield also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.85% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Richfield include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, and Swedish. Richfield also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.86%. The most common language spoken in Richfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
